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Issue: Justice League of America #170
Publication Date: September 1979
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Issues: #170 of 261 Issues (443 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/05/1979
Volume: 20
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893055509
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #169.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; mando (beginning with #254)
Binding: saddle-stitched (#s 39, 48, 58, 67, 76, 110-116, 200 squarebound)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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While a World Lies Burning

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice League of America [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman [Dinah Prince]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Zatanna]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGerechtigkeitsliga #12 published January 1980
as Die Erde brennt! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-140
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While a World Lies Burning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice League of America [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (cameo); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (cameo); Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (cameo); Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (cameo)]; Ultraa (guest star); The Over-Complex (villain); Supergirl [Linda Danvers; Kara Zor-El] (cameo)
Synopsis: The revelation that Ultraa's attorney is an evil alien stops the trial in the World Court and the League members leave to deal with the riots and environmental disasters. Batman leaves monitor duty to travel to the alien's base and defeat them.
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In Content Item: FlagGerechtigkeitsliga #12 published January 1980
as "Und hoch über der Erde greift der Schrecken an Batmans Herz… und die Furcht! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-5979
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DC's Dynamic Digests

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war
Feature(s): Secret Origins
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #18 [Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales] and #19 [Secret Origins of Super-Heroes], both on sale July 5.
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This Man Is Jor-El of Krypton

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1977 series) #255, on sale June 21, and DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #13.
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The Justice League of America Wants You to Join the World's Greatest Superheroes!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ? (illustration)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription ad for Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): JLA Mail Room
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-320
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Carol A. (Strick) Strickland, Mark Lagasse, and "B.G."
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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Winner!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The DC Feature Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Article about the winner of the Second Superman Movie Contest, Darvin Metzger. The article includes a photograph of Metzger as well as a photograph, taken by Jack C. Harris, of Christopher Reeve and Sol Harrison picking the winner.

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